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TPJ Presentation September 2011. A Growing Gold Portfolio in South East Asia. Disclaimer.
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TPJ Presentation September 2011 A Growing Gold Portfolio in South East Asia
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Introduction • Triple Plate Junction Plc • Quoted on AIM; focused on gold & copper exploration in highly prospective gold belts in PNG and Vietnam • World-class partners funding exploration in PNG: Newmont, Newcrest, Barrick and Gold Anomaly. Now drilling at Hides Creek, PNG with Newmont and at Crater Mountain, PNG with Gold Anomaly; drilling with Newcrest scheduled by year end • At Pu Sam Cap, Vietnam 1,480m of diamond drilling completed over 5 holes at end of May. Assay results received, reviewed and announced 29 July 2011. A full review of the project is currently underway to determine the next steps. • >US$30m spent by TPJ and JV partners on exploration to date in PNG • Newly appointed, committed Board successfully completed recovery plan and focusing on future growth and development of additional projects • Advisory Board established with strong technical capability • Strategic options for continued exploration opportunities under review • £2.5m raised in November 2010
Board & management: Strong Track Record Tony Shearer (Chairman, Non Executive) Former CEO of Singer & Friedlander Group plc and chairman of Uruguay Minerals (now Orosur). Previous board positions include Old Mutual International,M & G Group. Currently director of several AIM listed companies. Chartered accountant. Fraser McGee (CEO) A solicitor and specialised in corporate finance work at prominent City law firms before he moved to the in-house legal teams of two investment banks. He worked for RAB Capital PLC's Special Situation Fund, a major globally focused natural resources investment fund, where he was responsible for investments into and working with the management teams of a wide variety of mining businesses. His experience includes developing and growing small cap mining companies for the benefit of shareholders Chris Goss (Non Executive) An economist, retired in May 2010 after leading IFC’s business development in mining & oil and gas from London. Structured equity investments in junior exploration companies, structured project finance and managed relationships with majors (including Anglo American, Rio Tinto and Lonmin). Prior to IFC, Chris advised governments in natural resource negotiations. Bill Howell (Exploration Director/Advisory Board) More than 40 years experience in all aspects of exploration and mineral project evaluation. Senior management positions within BHP, Normandy Mining and its successor Newmont Mining Corporation. Managed and led teams to a number of discoveries including the recent major (+6 million ounce) gold discovery at Martabe (Indonesia). FAusIMM. Patrick Gorman (Chairman of the Advisory Board) Mining engineer with 35 years of managerial, technical and project experience. Feasibility experience includes Escondida (Chile), Due diligence reviews, technical studies, appraisals on >100 mineral projects across 5 continents including Lihir (PNG) and all Randgold Mines. Experienced competent person and advisor to governments, financial institutions and companies. John Catchpole (Advisory Board) More than 30 years experience as a mining engineer and financier. He has held senior management positions at mining operations and projects worldwide and he has been a managing director of mining finance groups at Bank of New York, Westpac, UBS and ING. More recently he was a director of a Vietnamese natural resources fund and Finance Director and Chief Executive of Avocet PLC.
Developments since November 2010 Fundraising • Drilling at Hides Creek (first target) commenced in the Morobe JV area at end July 2011 with Newmont • Heli-mag survey, mapping and sampling completed over entire JV ground at Manus Island with Newcrest with a view to commencing drilling during Q4 2011 • Completed +3,000m of drilling at Crater Mountain with GOA • Spectacular intersections announced for the Newcrest/Harmony Wafi-Gopu project in PNG, which is adjacent to two of TPJ's JV licence areas (Newmont and Barrick) • Diamond drilling programme in Vietnam commenced following completion of positive field work. Full assay results from first 5 holes announced and reviewing the future of the project • New CEO and CFO appointed • Specialist and focused Advisory Board formed following review of and improvements to reporting, group structure and governance • CEO visited all TPJ project sites (Vietnam and PNG) and met all JV partners • Re-engaged with all JV partners taking active role again in each of the JV partnerships providing direct positive results • Active global promotion of the business of TPJ and potential new asset pipeline being explored
JV Status & ownership +/-35% *Subject to ministry approval. See slide 23
The Wafi Trend – Relationship to Newmont and Barrick JVs, PNG
Newcrest-Harmony Wafi-Golpu JV Newcrest Announcement – 4 March 2011 “Assay results have been received for recently completed drill hole WR377 at Wafi-Golpu. WR377 intersected 883 metres @ 2.15% Cu and 2.23g/t Au from 913 metres (0.3% Cu cut off and 10m internal waste) including 628 metres @ 2.82% Cu and 3.06g/t Au from 1,043 metres (1.0% Cu cut off and 10m internal waste). This is the highest grade intersection at Golpu to date and extends the Golpu mineralisation a further 70 metres north. The Golpu mineralisation remains open to the north and at depth. WR377 intersected 558 metres of mineralised porphyry and was completed to a final depth of 1,907 metres.” Newcrest Announcement – 19 April 2011 “The Exploration Target for Wafi-Golpu has been increased to 40Moz gold and 15Mt copper (previously 30Moz gold and 8Mt copper) as recent drilling has significantly increased the extent and grade of mineralisation at Golpu”. Harmony’s Wafi-Golpu ‘the find of the century’ 20 April 2011 – Business Live (ZA) Harmony Bullish about Wafi-Golpu 29 April 2011 – PNG Industry News Huge new copper gold intersection at Wafi-Golpu 4 March 2011 – Mineweb
PNG: Newmont/ TPJ Morobe JV Licence area: 3,761km2 granted and applied for exploration tenements; highly prospective geology within major district:- Wafi/Golpu (30 Moz and 8 Mt Cu target), Hidden Valley (5.8 Moz) Status: 32 months activity since JV signed Dec 2008 and fieldwork commenced April 2009. Drilling commenced at first target Hides Creek end July 2011. Work completed: 90% of JV area covered by regional BLEG sampling; interpretation of new EU-funded airborne magnetics/radiometrics; 100m line spacing helimag survey over Hide’s Creek and Otibanda; geological mapping, trenching; rockchip and soil sampling. Expenditure to date: Newmont Phase I expenditure of $US6M to August 2010 has earned 51% (2 years ahead of deadline). Newmont expended an additional $US2.335M to 31 March 2011 towards Phase II total of $US9M. Discoveries: • Existing (TPJ) Otibanda project, bonanza gold grades • Hides Creek – potential porphyry copper-gold (4km x 1km footprint) • Gumots – potential porphyry gold-copper target • 3 other priority targets Next steps: Newmont has elected to proceed to Phase 2 and will earn up to 70% by spending an additional $US9M before 23 December 2014 or by delivering a Class III DFS, whichever is earlier; drilling at Hides Creek and Gumots in 2011 and conducting additional geophysics, regional sampling at Skarn Creek and other targets Under JV agreement TPJ has a minimum undilutable 25% interest in the project
PNG: Newmont/TPJ Morobe JV - Otibanda Previous scout drilling by TPJ includes best intercepts: Otibanda Lode OTI-003 1.6m @ 21.4 g/t Au from 59.4-61.0m Waikanda Lode OTI-006 3.5m @ 12.2 g/t Au from 59.3-62.8m OTI-007 1.0m @ 17.4 g/t Au from 49.3-50.3m OTI-008 1.1m @ 20.1 g/t Au from 67.2-68.3m Previous channel and chip sampling by TPJ includes best intervals: Munga Breccia (Otibanda Lode) 65m @ 2.16 g/t Au Waikanda Lode 22m @ 19.61 g/t Au
PNG: Newmont/TPJ Morobe JV – Hides Creek • Large (4km x 1km) geochemical footprint • Mapping shows alteration, veining and geology which are characteristic of a porphyry system • Up to 28m @ 3.9 g/t Au (inc. 8m @ 12.6 g/t Au) from trenching • Rock chips to 8 g/t Au, 2% Cu • Diamond drilling commenced July2011 • Numerous additional nearby targets to follow up
PNG: Gold Anomaly / TPJ JV Licence area:306km2, Crater Mountain, PNG Status: 48 months activity since JV signed September 2007. Field operations commenced in February 2008 Work completed:Bench & channel sampling, geological mapping, bulldozer track access. 3,271 metres of diamond drilling in 7 holes completed in stages 2, 3 and 4 to end of July 2011. Expenditure to date:A$0.6M in Phase 1 and A$3.0M in Phase 2 in order to earn 51% and 70% respectively in the joint venture, with an additional A$1.1M spent in Phase 3 Discoveries:New area of gold mineralisation identified at Nevera. Assay results received to date from drilling show long intersections of gold mineralisation with higher grade gold values near surface Next steps: Phase 4's 3,000m deep diamond drilling (to include two holes of +1,000m) & benching programme in 2011 to determine an initial resource. TPJ to participate pro rata in next phase
PNG: Gold Anomaly / TPJ JV Assay results received so far from the Gold Anomaly-TPJ drilling program have highlighted the excellent prospectivity of the Nevera prospect: NEV018: 284 metres @ 0.82 g/t gold including: 82m @ 1.62 g/t Au NEV019: 215 metres @ 1.46 g/t Au including: 26m @ 4.6g/t Au and 46m @2.42 g/t Au NEV021: 244 metres @ 0.52 g/t Au including: 12m @ 1.35g/t Au NEV022: 46 metres @ 5.90 g/t Au including: 4m @ 7.62g/t Au and 2m @ 98.20g/t Au NEV023: 12 metres @ 0.66 g/t Au including: 2m @ 2.04g/t Au The results continue to confirm potential for large bulk tonnage potential of low-grade gold mineralization enhanced by near surface high-grade fracture controlled gold mineralization
PNG: Newcrest / TPJ JV Licence area: 674km2 in Manus Island, PNG Status: JV signed on 16 November 2010 – A$6M over 5 years including $1M in the first 2 years to earn 80% of TPJ’s interest in the licences resulting in Newcrest owning 60.78% and TPJ with 15.2%. Newcrest anticipate earning in for the full amount end Q1/beginning Q2 2012. Work Completed: (TPJ): geophysics, drilling totalling 402m at Kisi prospect. Newcrest have completed the helicopter geo-magnetic survey over the entire licence area in July 2011, together with an ongoing programme of mapping and sampling, and are currently reviewing the results. Expenditure to date: ~A$2.5m by TPJ and a further A$2.4M by Newcrest to 30 June 2011 Discoveries: trenching at Kisi prospect includes best intercept of 16m @ 20 g/t Au (inc. 2m @ 303 g/t Au); potential geological resource at Arie of 164Mt @ 0.32% Cu, 0.1 g/t Au Next steps: Newcrest completing the review of the heli-mag survey and commencing a diamond drill programme for an initial total of 3,000m over Kisi and Arie during Q4 2011.
PNG: Newcrest / TPJ JV – Kisi Prospect • 35km by 7km corridor of Cu & Au anomalies At Kisi: • 3km x 1km >0.43 g/t Au in soils & colluvium • Trenching includes:- 16m @ 40 g/t Au (inc. 2m @ 303 g/t Au)- 56m @ 2.47 g/t Au (inc. 10m @ 8.58g/t Au) • Diamond core drilling includes 5.6m @ 4.98 g/t Au from 116.4m depth • Next step: planned 1,600m of diamond drilling at Kisi, 1,400m at Arie commencing Q4 2011
PNG: Barrick / TPJ Wamum JV Licence area: 1,962km2 in Wamum area of PNG Status: 38 months field activity since JV signed September 2007. Field operations commenced in February 2008. Work completed: Drilling, aeromagnetics, mapping and sampling. Best intersection from drilling of 136m @ 0.97 g/t Au & 0.33% Cu Expenditure: A$9.47m spent by end of 2010 resulting in TPJ being diluted to 12.14% Discoveries: 5Moz Au target not located to date but several deeper targets remain untested and a number of smaller targets exist Next steps:Focus on McLeans North, McLeans South and Idzan targets, 2011 budget to include field work at these sites with a view to potentially revising budget Q3/Q4 2011 to include provision for drilling. TPJ now funding its pro rata share of expenditures which are currently modest.
Vietnam Pu Sam Cap: TPJ 70%/State Partners 30%* Licence area: 27km2 in Pu Sam Cap, northern Vietnam Status: Licence re-issued; new exploration sampling undertaken and drilling commenced Previous work: 3,165km of airborne geophysics, ground geophysics, 5,476m of drilling Expenditure to date: Estimated US$5.5M Next steps: Diamond drilling programme of 5 holes and 1,480m completed end May 2011 to test for grade, continuity and depth extent of the gold-bearing vein system. Assay results announced and full review is currently underway to determine the future of the project. Strategic review – venture partnership being considered. *Axiom Mining (ASX:AVQ) claim to have an 8.4% free carry on this project from 2005. The Company refutes this claim
Vietnam – Pu Sam Cap • Historical focus on Pu Sam Cap project by TPJ/Newmont • Best result of 7.9 g/t Au & 0.4% Cu over 2m from scout drilling at Bai Bang prospect • Rock chips up to 126 g/t Au • Artisanal gold mining active at Bai Bang • Best porphyry copper-gold drill intersection 250m @ 0.06 g/t Au, 0.06% Cu from 3-253m • Newmont withdrew from project in 2008 with no residual interest as part of arrangement to farm-in to TPJ’s PNG Morobe licence • Surface rock chip sampling of gold-bearing zones at Bai Bang from Dec 2010 to March 2011 gave results of up to 29.3 g/t Au, and have increased the strike length of known mineralized zones, as well as finding new zones.
Strategy • Actively monitor and report upon current drilling and other JV progress; contribute pro-rata where justified to retain holding. • At Pu Sam Cap, Vietnam 1,480m of diamond drilling completed in 5 holes. Full assay results announced and full review of the project being undertaken. • Continue to build on re-established positive working relationships with JV partners • Target additional licence applications & new assets in PNG and other countries in SE Asia with a view to TPJ operating the development • Maintain and develop good communication and transparency with shareholders through improved monitoring, reporting and governance processes • Examine the opportunities for acquiring pre-development stage assets
Objectives (2011) Newmont Morobe JV, PNG (TPJ 30% maintained)First target: porphyry copper-gold- Drilling & potential inferred resources at Hides Creek & Gumots Crater Mountain, PNG (TPJ 18.9%*)Target: gold base-metal carbonate deposit- Multi-million oz, bulk tonnage, low grade gold Newcrest Manus Island JV, PNG(TPJ 15.2% maintained)First target: Low sulphidation vein gold- Inferred resource at Kisi prospect. Drilling in Q4 at Kisi & Arie Bai Bang, Vietnam (TPJ 70%)Reviewing next stage for the project * Celtic minerals implies that it retains the 7.88% that it held in 2007. TPJ refutes this implication.
Potential Objectives (2012) • Build on targeted inferred resources to move to scoping/feasibility and development. • All the projects have this potential, with Morobe and Crater Mountain probably the best defined • Acquire and develop new asset projects within the existing focused region • Contingent budget for 2012 includes potential feasibility work on all four joint ventures
Summary • World class project potential in Papua New Guinea supported by JV’s with three of the world’s top four gold miners • At Pu Sam Cap, Vietnam 1,480m of diamond drilling completed in 5 holes at end of May 2011. Future of the project being reviewed • Highly credible and experienced team in place with the focus now on growth following successful completion of the recovery plan
Any questions? Thank You and Any Questions Triple Plate Junction PLC Fraser McGee(CEO) fraser.mcgee@tpjunction.com Bill Howell bill.howell@tpjunction.com www.tpjunction.com
Comparison of TPJ and Solomon Gold (SOLG) JVs with Newmont Ventures Limited (NVL)
Share capital * On 16 November 2010, TPJ redeemed Newmont’s convertible loan note of £150,000 and interest of £5,671. As announced on 17 November 2010, the Loan Notes were redeemed by TPJ, although Newmont dispute this and claim to have converted on 16 November 2010